Roasting-pan.



J. KAUTZ.

ROASTING PAN. APPLICATION FILED mm. 6.1909.

Patented July 26,1910.

Junie-rice KAUTZ, or onrcneoyinnrnois noasrrne-rnn.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed December G, 1909.

PatentedJniy as, ieio. Serial No. 531,561.

To ell infirm, it may concern.

die it known that I, d'nnmrra lsfanrz, a citizen of the United States.residing at ilhicago, in the county of Cook and State of lfllinois, haveinvented. certain new and use ful Improvements in Roasting-Pans, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object-of this invention is primarily to provide a roasting pan inwhich aroast may be evenly and uniformly cooked with out drying orscorching its surface or losing any of its nutritious juices.

In roasting meats with the ordinary type of roasting pan, it isnecessary to provide a small quantity ofwater or other liquid inthe'bottom of the pan in order to pre vent the roast from burning ontothe bottom, which liquid is usually poured over the upper surface of theroast at intervals for the purpose of basting it. As is well known, thisalternate moistening and drying of thesurface of the meat whileitiscooking, produces a crisp and hard surface thereon, which is oflittle nutritive value; and furthermore, the bottom of the roast whichis constantl immersed in the water, becomes soft thus c est-roying thefiber there of to a certain extent so that the fibers will be easilydrawn apart, thereby allowing the juices of the meat to escape. In myinvention I have overcome these objectionable features by providing apan in which it is not necessary to provide any water in its bottom;either to prevent the roast from burning or sticking on the bottom or toprovide a liquid with which the roast may be basted. By providing thebottom of my pan with an. asbestos lining, all danger of .the roastburning on the bottom of the pan is obviated, and by permitting aconstant impingement of steam upon the surface of the roast while it iscooking, it is kept constantly moist and bested and never bccomes dry orscorched.

While it is evident that my invention may be carried out in a variety offorms, I have chosen to illustrate one preferred embodiinent thereof inthe accompanying drawings, the scope of the invention being fully setforth in the appended claims.

Referring to the particular embodiment disclosed in the drawing Figure 1is an" elevation thereof showing the cover removed. Fig. 2 is a sectiontaken through the center of Fig. 1, and longitudinally of the steampipe. Fi 3 is a perspectlve of the steam pipe and regulating cap, 4 1s asection on the line 4+4 of Fig. The roasting pan comprises in thisinstance, the roasting chamber 5, provided with a bottom having anasbestoslining 6, which prevents the burning and sticking of the roasttothe bottom of the pan. Below the bottom of the pan there is provided awater chamber or receptacle 7, which in this particular embodiment isshown as tube or pipe secured near the outer edge of the pan bottom, andproviding a support therefor, and which keeps the bottom of. the panaway from the oven or grate. it will be understood that this waterchamber may be of any other preferred form. To the water chamber isconnected a vertical section of pipe 8, which extends upwardly into thepan and tl'irough which water may be poured into the water chamber. Italso serves as a steam outlet for the water chamber, and in order toconduct the steam issuing therefrom to the desired location relativelyto the roast, there is adjustably secured to the pipe 8, an elbow pipe 9by means of the set screw 11.. hi ear the outer closed end of thepipe-9, there is provided a longitudinal slot 12, with which is adaptedto register a series of perforations through a cap 18, which fits overthe end of the pipe. By turning this cap angularly on the pipe thusbringing more or less of the perforations of the cap. into alinementwith the slot 19., it will be apparent that the position of the steamoutlet relatively to the roast, can be varied as desired, by raising orlowering the pipe 9 upon the pipe 8, and its lateral position may alsobe varied by angular movement around the is curved to conform to theshape of the pipe 9, and is adapted to be attached to the pipe bysliding its lower edge under the flanges 16 provided upon the upper sideof the steam pipe, as clearly shown in Fig. l. By means of thisdeflector the steam is deflected evenly and Fig.

over the surface of the roast and any con densation of steam. which maytake place on the under side of the deflector,will run down I and dripas from the edges of the deflector upon the roast, thereby keeping it ina moist condition and constantly bested. If preferred, however, a cover17 may be employed in connection with my roasting pan, and its use isparticularly desirable in cooking meat-s which it'is desired to steam,as for instance in making pot roasts. I

It is obvious that the cap 13 and the shield 14 may be dispensed withunder cer- I 'made Without departing from the spirit of this invention;therefore, I do not Wish to confine myselfto the "exact embodiment of myinvention shown and described, but Wish to claim all such modified formsas would come properly within the general scope of the invention.

What I claim is; a 1. A roasting pan comprising a rcastmg chamber, anannular Water chamber disposed'beneath the perimeter of the bottom ofthe roasting chamber, staid chambers haveeaeae ing communication onewith the other through a single passageway, a pipe consttuting saidpassageway and projecting into the roasting chamber, an elbow pipeadjustably secured. thereon fLHdPIOVIdQCi with a longitudinally disposeddischarge opening, I and a deflector removably mounted on said 413 elbowpipe above the discharge opening therein to deflect the issuing steamand the condensations therefrom over the surface of a roast. I

2. A roasting pan having an elevated bot'- 5 tom supported around itsperiphery upon an inclosed water chamber, side Walls rising from saidwater chamber and forniin with said raised bottom a roasting cham her, apipe, forming the only communication heso tween said water and roastingchambers,

I projecting upwardly into the roasting chamher, a second pipe removablysecured, thereon and provided with a longitudinal slot adjacent itsouter end, a perforated cap dis- 55 posed over said slot and adjustableon the pipe to regulate the discharge from the said pipe, and means fordeflecting the steam and moisture escaping from the water chamber overthe surface of a roast in the roasting co chamber. I

JULIETTA KAUTZ.

Witnesses I. J. WILSON, M. A. Kronm.

